Haymond is a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, joining the Foreign Service in 1991. Previous posts include being Director of the State Department's
Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, Consul General at the United States Consulate in
Chengdu, China, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in
Vientiane,
Laos. He also served as Division Chief in the Office of Energy and Commodities in the Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs at the Department of State, and as Arabian Peninsula Officer in the Office of the Counterterrorism Coordinator. He recently served as
Chargé d’Affaires at the
United States Embassy in
Bangkok, Thailand. He appeared before the
Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2019. On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by
voice vote. He was sworn in on January 15, 2020, and presented his credentials to Laotian President
Bounnhang Vorachit in
Vientiane on February 7, 2020. Haymond arrived at the US Embassy in Jakarta on June 15, 2025 to lead the US Mission to Indonesia as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. == Personal life ==